Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The symptoms displayed by Mr Bailes ' cow were typical of displacement of the abomasum ( when the fourth stomach slips round from the right to the left side ) and it was a condition that was just not recognized in those early days . |
| 2 | Certain authorities , originally identified by Sir Geoffrey Howe as potential recipients of enterprise zones in the 1980 Budget speech — notably Sheffield and Wolverhampton — were unable to reach agreement with the Treasury over this issue , and were thus not granted zones . |
| 3 | This seems to suggest that for films with many moving objects or with high levels of subjective risk subjects ignored the fixed information in the recognition phase and were thus not biased by it . |
| 4 | Some teachers felt that the advisers were out of touch with the problems they were having in this respect and saw more oral work as an unrealistic expectation — that pupils did not consider oral as work and were often not prepared to listen , thus to try to do it would only be creating problems . |
| 5 | The first generation of Compton FELs ( 1975–85 ) was built around available electron accelerators , most of which had been designed for nuclear physics and were therefore not optimised as FEL injectors . |
| 6 | 1960 ; Giles and Powesland 1975 ) with the difference that the extracts on tape were from genuine conversational data and were therefore not standardised . |
| 7 | Married women who had not been receiving support from their husband when they were first interviewed , and were therefore not expecting support from him during subsequent crises , had a much reduced risk of depression if they received help from someone else whom they had named as very close at the first interview . |
| 8 | The planning department found that business units considered the time horizon of the issues to be too long to be of relevance and these issues were therefore considered to be ‘ back of the mind ’ flagging signals and were therefore not acted on . |
| 9 | Also , ministers are often prepared to get answers on detailed questions for MPs , though the Commons decided that such letters were not ‘ proceedings in Parliament ’ and were therefore not protected from actions alleging libel . |
| 10 | Finally , the judge held that the defendants , although not guilty of bad faith , had acted in breach of their fiduciary duties and were therefore not entitled to be paid their commission . |
| 11 | Over the same period seven other cases of colonic cancer were found in association with ulcerative colitis , two in patients who had erroneously been diagnosed as having only proctitis and were therefore not entered into the programme , but were found at operation to have total colitis , one in a patient with colitis of seven years duration , and four patients who had previously attended the clinic but had been lost to follow up before 1978 and then had re-presented with new symptoms during the surveillance period . |
| 12 | For those theses which were read , and were subsequently not cited , Kochen 's fourth alternative contains some of the possible reasons for non-citation , but there may be others , and it is not possible to choose between them from the evidence currently available . |
| 13 | They were not expected to advance till July , and were certainly not expected in this part of Belgium , so Sharpe suspected that the musketry had been caused by Prussian troops at firing practice , yet a long acquaintance with war 's surprises had spurred Sharpe to investigate the sound . |
| 14 | The other family were made aware of the need for the venous sample some 24 hours before it was taken and were then not given the normal result for a further 24 hours . |
| 15 | It was held that the expert was bound to maintain the confidentiality of the information and was accordingly not entitled to use the information for the purpose of making a television film . |
| 16 | The rising , the most extensive popular movement between 1381 and the sixteenth century , was relatively limited in its aims and was certainly not directed at the overthrow of the social order . |
| 17 | Helped make the winning goal in the semi-final against Norwich City and was certainly not overawed by the occasion Paul Bracewell ( midfield ) : Captain and midfield director-of-operations , Bracewell knows all about FA Cup finals . |
| 18 | It was true that Naylor Massingham had apparently said to Travis 's mother that Travis was a big lad now , but Travis was hurting like the devil inside and was consequently not handling his unhappiness and loneliness in a very ‘ big lad ’ fashion . |
| 19 | This kind of information is difficult to acquire after things have gone out of general use and was often not recorded in the past because it was taken for granted . |
| 20 | Edward 's treasurer of the chamber , Sir Thomas Vaughan , had been arrested at Stony Stratford in his capacity as chamberlain of the prince of Wales and was apparently not replaced . |
| 21 | Edward 's treasurer of the chamber , Sir Thomas Vaughan , had been arrested at Stony Stratford in his capacity as chamberlain of the prince of Wales and was apparently not replaced . |
| 22 | He seemed intent on what James was saying , and was obviously not going to rise to her remark . |
| 23 | When it was some ten metres away and was obviously not going to stop at the shelter , Adam stepped right into its path . |
| 24 | The Russians undertook to protect their new vassals , but were often not disposed to or were too poorly endowed with manpower to help when asked to do so . |
| 25 | he stood in both the most recent World Cups and 24 Tests , equal-top for NZ with Goodall , but was conspicuously not appointed to any of this year 's series against England . |
| 26 | If he is found guilty , but was clearly not acting for the company , it would escape liability . |
| 27 | I was enjoying running but was still not going to put in the time necessary to break into the top rank . |
| 28 | Now what , what was left was a guideline for economic development other , of sixty five thousand , which happens to be equivalent to pollution prevention schemes at one , but was certainly not earmarked to anything in particular , it was just a guideline that they were thinking of , and I , I think it would be a help to Policy Panel and Policy and Resources Committee , to obtain a response to that non-identified sixty five thousand pound item . |